news. >>> police break ground today in a new search for the body of jimmy hoffa, the labor strong man with alleged ties to organized crime, his disappearance one of the most notorious and mysterious in the history of the united states. it's believed he was killed by the mob, but his body has never been found. here's ed payne. it looks like we're having some audio troubles with is story, but what we can tell you right now, crews today will be looking for jimmy hoffa, the teamster boss, this after a dying man gave them a tip that he had seen a body buried in the driveway at a home just outside of detroit, michigan. by the way, jimmy hoffa was last seen outside of a restaurant in detroit, that happening today. they did find initial tests of radon, basically clueing them in that there was a body in that driveway or something the size of a body. they'll be looking today and we'll keep you posted not only on the air, but on abc2news.com. >>> in other news this morning, police say this a gunman killed -- say that a gunman killed four people inside of a minneapolis sign- making business befor

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michigan and the enduring mystery of jimmy hoffa's disappearance. all eyes on a driveway in suburban detroit where authorities will dig in search of human remains. nbc's john yang is there for us. john, good morning. >> reporter: the path for the search for jimmy hoffa has been a long and twisted one, and today it does come here to this driveway in suburban detroit. they are going to take soil samples today to see if the answer to the mystery lies here. more than 37 years after jimmy hoffa vanished without a trace the trail has led to this suburban home. an informant claims he saw a body buried her around the time hoffa went missing. he told dan muldea, the author of "the off anwar sadats." >> very convinced hoffa is buried at this particular location. >> we believe the witness saw something and it was credible enough that we have to continue the investigation at this point. >> reporter: using ground-penetrating radar, authorities found signs of something about two feet under the driveway. today they will take a soil sample to look for evidence of human remains. hoffa was last seen o

has a good record with labor. james hoffa and larry cohen will tell us what the president needs to do for labor and what labor needs to do for the president. to get over the finish line. stay with us. dritcacaties,a end t intefow noki g w ltheles ap t >>> look around you. these aren't strangers. these are our brothers and sisters. our fellow americans. my promise is to help you and your family. >> thanks for watching "the ed show" tonight. obviously, mitt romney giving what was supposed to be the ultimate sales pitch but the newest polls show he couldn't close the deal and he falls flat. in the history of convention polling, republicans usually get about a five-point bounce. the highly produced conventions usually succeed at winning over hundreds of thousands of voters. it's that time of the year in the election cycle that people start paying taeng. to be fair, tv viewership was down 23% during romney's speech this year. how could clint eastwood do that to him? but websites and social media drew record audiences. so here's the bad news for the romney campaign. one poll gives romney

driveway will lead them to the body of famed union boss jimmy hoffa. >>> 10 burglaries in one week. how some crooks are breaking into homes in howard county and the neighbors there are nervous about thieves targeting them. >>> and the o's, they are fighting to be number one in the league, but will the red sox keep them in the spot tonight? that is a big question all of us are wondering on this friday morning. you see charley out there live at the yard. good morning and happy friday. i'm megan pringle. as you can see charley out live this morning, of course, talking about all the excitement with the o's. >>reporter: you know, a lot going on this weekend, megan regarding the orioles. it's fan appreciation weekend. we've got events and promotions tonight, tomorrow and sunday. but, you know, the ravens, they played last night and it was a wet one over at m and t bank stadium. rain possible in -- rain possibly in the forecast today. we're in a break. hey, lynette, do people need to pri these when they come to the ballpark tonight? >> no. they are not going to need that. we're going to get a

national mystery. what ever happened to jimmy of hoffa? and where did they dump the bold? it's all marked up. tomorrow, they'll bring in the digger to rip it open. >> this is a cold case homicide. >> reporter: it's always been assumed that hoffa, once a powerful president of the teamsters union, who then did jail time for bribery, was killed off by the mob, after he walked out of this detroit restaurant in july 1975. >> i'm going to do what i got to do! >> reporter: it became the stuff of documentaries and movies, like 1992's "hoffa." over the years, many theories and a few leads. an early one, that hoffa's body was entombed in concrete during the construction of giants' stadium, which was knocked down two years ago. later, going on tips, police drained an dug up a backyard pool outside of detroit. three years later, they pulled down a barn in rural michigan. nothing. this latest tip comes from a still anonymous source said to be dying of cancer, who says he saw a body placed here in 1975, as the driveway was being laid. police are not sure what they'll find. >> if it happens to be

happened to jimmy hoffa, the union boss who disappeared 37 years ago? there have been all kinds of rumors about where he ended up, and now, thanks to a death bed tip, this mystery might soon be solved. abc's john donvan is on the beat. >> reporter: following a tip from a dying man, police are looking at this property in roseville, michigan, at the driveway, to be specific, under which may lie the solution to a 37-year-old national mystery. whatever happened to jimmy hoffa? and where did they dump the body? it's all marked up. tomorrow, they bring in the digger to rip it open. >> we're strictly investigating this as a cold case homicide. >> reporter: it's always been assumed that hoffa, once the powerful president of the teamsters union, who then did jail time for bribery, was killed off by the mob, after he walked out of this detroit restaurant in july 1975. >> i'm going to do what i got to do! >> reporter: it became the stuff of documentaries and movies, like 1992's "hoffa." over the years, many theories and a few leads. an early one, that hoffa's body was entombed in concrete dur

planning to dig up a suburban driveway in the search for jimmy hoffa. >>> good thursday morning, everybody. we begin with the big, breaking news. the nfl and its referees have struck a deal, ending that lockout that put substitute refs in the game. >> now, the two sides finally settled after a controversial play turned the labor dispute into a national punch line. we begin with abc's tahman bradley. >> a deal is done. >> reporter: regular nfl officials return to work tonight, after their union and the league reached a tentative agreement to end the lockout that began in june. >> the replacement officials will be replaced. >> reporter: the officials union still needs to approve the eight-year deal. but the nfl commissioner lifted the lockout so the regular refs can call tonight's browns/ravens games in baltimore. in a statement, roger goodell said, we look forward to having the finest officials back on the field. and i want to give a special thanks to nfl fans for their passion. now, it's time to put the focus on the teams and players where it belongs. this end to monday night's

the body of jimmy hoffa went missing and now it may be found. crews went digging in detroit. this is a live picture. investigators will dig under that driveway and take a coarse sample to determine if any human remains are down there. the home is in roseville, michigan. they got a credible tip a body was buried there around the time hoffa went missing. hoffa's disappearance is one of those bizarre mysteries and years later remains firmly planted in pop culture. >> jimmy hoffa, the mafia backed union guy remained unvowed despite the efforts of kennedy. >> the justice department has plenty on you, mr. hoffa. >> you don't impress me, i don't need $3 million and my brother elected president will whop your -- >> and anti-hero was born and many believed the mafia killed hoffa and buried his body under the former giants' stadium until they eventually dug it up and built a new stadium, no body and no hoffa. they removed floorboards in 2002 to find traces of his blood, no go. in 2006, they raised a michigan horse barn, no hoffa. today, in roseville, michigan, police will dig up a driveway. >> k

give it a try? >>> giants stadium, a florida swamp, a backyard pool. where jimmy hoffa could be buried so many years ago. today investigators search another place hoping to solve this mystery which is now 36 years old. >>> yesterday it was snow, today it was the lightning. we have seen some wild weather out west, but this is just plain dangerous. >>> and we have the showers and storms pushing off their way towards the east, but is the rain done for the day? i'll have the answer to that question coming up. >>reporter: well, lynette, traffic is just starting to slow down here on 695 at old court road. and we are dealing with several accidents across the region. i'll have your complete time saver traffic report coming up. >>> and as we head to break this morning, you're looking at a live picture of new york city. looks foggy there too. let's head up there right now and get a look at today's tech bytes. >>reporter: in today's tech bytes, facebook unwraps a gift service from the social network's members can now send gifts, real gifts, not virtual ones to other members. eventually facebook g

. they began digging in hopes of finding whatever happened to jimmy hoffa. >>> what's the deadline to register to vote? that's the question. the answer is coming up on "ask liz" on news4 at 5:00. >>> coming up in sports, friday night football. montgomery county powerhouse is taking last year's heartbreak and using it as motivation for this season. >>> tonight at 6:00, a wild ride for a police cruiser that wound up with a crash into a home. >>> it's friday. >> bik weekeg weekend. germantown, number 16 seneca valley is hosting the clint orchard. zachary, i hear a lot of other coaches from the other schools around the area are calling this the game of the week. tell us about it. >> reporter: you're exactly right. the story here is an easy one, carol. quints orchard had a great season last year but they came up short. in the state championship game they lost by one point in overtime, but now they're back. they have unfinished business. they know in order to tend to the unfinished business they have to roll through seneca valley here tonight. this is quints orchard football where the he

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mystery of jimmy hoffa's disappearance. all eyes on a driveway in suburban detroit where authorities will dig in search of human remains. nbc's john yang is there for us. john, good morning. >> reporter: the path for the sech for jimmy hoffa has been a long and twisted one, and today it does come here to this driveway in suburban detroit. they are going to take soil samples today to see if the answer to the mystery lies here. more than 37 years after jimmy hoffa vanished without a trace the trail has led to this suburban home. an informant claims he saw a body buried her around the time hoffa went missing. he told dan muldea, the author of "the off anwar sadats." >> very convinced hoffa is buried at this particular location. >> we believe the witness saw something and it was credible enough that we have to continue the investigation at this point. >> reporter: using ground-penetrating radar, authorities found signs of something about two feet under the driveway. today they will take a soil sample to look for evidence of human remains. hoffa was last seen outside a detroit-area restau

hoffa? a tip has led the fbi to eastern michigan in hopes of finding the former teamster's president. a man in the town of rosille says he saw other men bury a body just hours after hoffa went missing in 1975. hoffa was last seen meeting with two suspected mafia members at a detroit restaurant. police say they are taking the tip seriously, but they don't expect to actually find hoffa's body. >> we believe he's credible enough that he believes what he saw, that something took place that day out of the ordinary. we do not believe it's jimmy hoffa. we are not making that assumption. the timeline doesn't exactly add um to be mr. hoffa. >> there are conspiracy theories on where hoffa is buried, including beneath giants stadium in new jersey or even the ground of the white house. >>> the university of california has settled with 21 students who were pepper sprayed while protesting as part of the occupy movement. this video was from last november when campus police doused the students with pepper spray while they were peacefully protesting. the school has agreed to pay each student about $3

weeks after the gunfire. >>> where is jimmy hoffa? we have been asking that question for almost 40 years. now, investigators some new information that's leading them to a home in suburban detroit. >>> and it's one of the most famous paintings in the whole world. now, the mona lisa might have a twin. a new group claims da vinci created another version of mona. newsroom starts now. >>> good morning to you, thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. >>> nfl fans along national night nair is finally over, the regular referees coming back on the field, starting with tonight's browns/ravens game. the tipping point to reach a deal between the league and the refs may have indeed been that botched call at the end of monday night's football game. cnn's jason carle is outside the nfl's offices. good morning, jason. >> reporter: and good morning to you. that call on monday night set all things in motion, 17 hours of negotiation going on in tuesday, more negotiating going on until midnight last night, about when both sides came to this agreement, made the announcement they reach this

, michigan, will be drilling for clues in a search for the possible remains of jimmy hoffa. they will test soil samples from beneath the drivewaya home. looking for human remains, a tipster apparently told police a body was buried there around the time the teamsters union chief vanished 37 years ago why now? why now? >> a lot of questions about this. there are people who say maybe. you say -- >> no way. >>> a colossal waste of time and money is exactly what i said. >> we will be investigating it in full shortly. >>> meanwhile, driving while texting in most states is illegal. maybe texting while not walking near a cliff should be also. we'll have the real story coming up. ♪ keys, keys, keys, keys, keys. ♪ well, he's not very handsome ♪ to look at [ sighs ] ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [ male announcer ] the volkswagen jetta. available with advanced keyless technology. control everything from your pocket, purse, or wherever. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ that dirty, old egg-suckin' dog ♪ gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50%

soil samples taken beneath a storage shed contain the remains of former teamsters boss jimmy hoffa. they say there's no discernible remains in the samples, but the lab is testing them and results are expected by monday. a tipster claimed the body was buried under a suburban detroit shed around the time hoffa disappeared. >>> today, ten miles of one of the busiest freeways in america closed. people in los angeles are calling it car mugedden two. will it live up to that name? last summer, drivers went through a similar closure on the 405. it went smoothly because most drivers actually tried to avoid the 405. are they doing it again this year? lots of construction activity behind you, but thankfully, no, i guess, traffic tie-ups anywhere. >> we actually just got an update from the l.a. fire department and the organizations that are running this construction. we're actually hearing that so far, there aren't any major massive delays anywhere in the los angeles area. it does appear that people are listening to the public warning to try to stay at home. i'm going to quote the fire chief h

braves. >>> plus trying to figure out if jimmy hoffa's body was buried under this driveway. >>> see you bullpen! >> the nationals magic number down to three. they powered past the phillies 7-3 last night in philadelphia. gio gonzalez picked up his 20th win of the season. that's the most in the major leagues. the magic number remains four still because the braves won again as well. the nationals will take on the national championship cardinals this weekend in st. louis. >> we're going to do this. >> just this weekend. >> we're going to go. >> you and me? >> yes, the whole news 4 team. >> i thought you maeeant to the playoffs or world series. >> hope we can do that too. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson telling us about rain moving through our area. >>> that's right. from the big rains we had last night, just some lingering showers are left as you take a look outside. and to the radar, you can see this is it really. i'm not seeing any lightning, but the showers moving through, areas around leesburg and into d.c., all headed off to the east toward annapolis and toward waldorf

years since jimmy hoffa went missing. the fbi is heading to eastern michigan on a tip that his body could be buried in the backyard there. a man succeays he saw other many a body just hours after hoffa went missing in 1975. he was seen meeting with two suspected mafia members. police say they are taking this tip seriously but do not expect to actually find hoffa's body. >> we believe he's credible enough that he believes what he saw, that something took place that day out of the ordinary. we do not believe it's jimmy hoffa. we are not making that assumption. the timeline doesn't exactly add up to be mr. hoffa. >> there are many conspiracy theories on where hoffa is actually buries. some rumors include him being underneath giants stadium in new jersey or even on the grounds of the white house. >>> this morning we're getting video of a dramatic explosion in washington state. a truck burst into flames while it was laying down adhesive for lane markers. it was carrying a large propane tank. flames shoot out of all side of the truck. no one was hurt. >>> a record number of american house

, police may be closer to finding jimmy hoffa's body. we'll tell you where he just may be coming up. topper. >> 84 today, a little touch of summer. here's your wake-up weather. you are going to need sunglasses and maybe an umbrella. 58 to 66 at 5:00. mid-60s to mid-70s by 9:00. i think the early morning hours will be dry. look for a dry commute. we're tracking a hefty thunderstorm on live doppler. we'll talk about the potential for more storms tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. >>> for 37 years now we've been wondering and speculating what could have happened to jimmy hoffa's body. friday we could have an answer when police in michigan will dig up the cement at this home. they got a tip saying a bed was buried down there the same time the former teamsters boss disappeared. they did a radar test and it confirms that something is buried beneath that concrete. >>> tonight, singer and entertainer andy williams is being fondly remembered. ♪ moon river whiter than a mail ♪ >> williams is best known for that classic moon river. he died at the age 1r-8 4. his career started at age 7.

attacks. from aboveoming down people watching the skies. of the biggest mysteries, where is jimmy hoffa's body? about thell you latest theory. putood news for people to eome mor >> the holidays are getting closer.nd >> it is hard to believe it is already here and that means the malls and the stores will give this year. news for the high unemployment rate. some 700,000 seasonal jobs are country.ss the suzanne kennedy has more on this coming just that is for the holidays. >> already the stores are taking applications. more than 600,000 got temporary employment year even more will be for the holidays. what consumers may not be for the shopping season, retailers are getting ready. wal-mart, toys r us as they are theirng to increase seasonal help over last year. >> i'm going to try target as well. >> that is good news for this apply for a job at wal-mart. >> i hope it lasts longer than the seasonal. e some many ofar us who need work. upstores planned to ramp their hiring from last christmas. indicatory that as an economy is improving. >> if retailers are going to be people it is bothraging bec

hoffa, police in michigan they can answer that after all of this time. tomorrow with a dig in roseville michigan, investigators recently got a tip from what they're calling a credible source saying that hoffa's body was buried at this home, the same time the former teamsters boss disappeared in 1975. officials say that a radar test confirmed that something is buried be beneath a slab in that home. >>> no onions, an oregon manmade the question when he ordered a quarter pounder. he discovered onions on his burger when he got home, and he called the restaurant and they said come back for a refund and they said you're not going to get the refund and that's because he ate the burger. he threw his soda at the manager and demanded money from the cash register. >>> the real referees are going to be back for tonight's ravens browns game but it was apparent that those replacements still in the minds of many from monday night. some say it was the worst call ever. it's being hailed as awful giving seattle a win over the green bay packers but it was obvious that the green bay defender had

ones. >> it's a big one. >> thank you very much. >> come up. hunt for jimmy hoffa as we continue. tip that could track a very cold case. wide open. >> plus with officers forbidden from carrying guns 1 town police force goes to the dogs. and him if he moves. ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound dog crying all the time ♪ . >> there we go. records are made to be broken. singer who just smashed an elvis presley milestone. stay with us. 7 milestone. stay with us. 7 news at 9 >> magazines i have man hunt in oakland proves successful today. there was a shelter in place for 2 schools as police lack for a parolee near 14th and add line streets. here's nick smith with what happened. >> this is the man oakland police had been hunting for since 8 this morning. they say he was driving this maroon car left oakland when spotted bay police unit patrolling the neighborhood. officers signal toward the suspect to pull over but the driver sped away and then they chased him. that's when he crashed his car into this tree. suspect jumped out of the vehicle and ran away on foot. doing his best to hide in area

out today in hopes of solving the decades old mystery over what happened to jim any hoffa. >>> 15 after the hour. nfl referees are back on the job. the regular refs received a standing ovation before they took to the field in last night's ravens-bengals game in baltimore. this is the first game played since the nfl and referees union reached agreement on a contract. players and fans were furious with the performance during the first three weeks of the season. commissioner goodell apologized to the fans for the lockout. >> we're sorry to bring our fans through that. we're sorry to bring the general public through that. that's, unfortunately, part of labor management disputes. >> the referees union plans to vote today and tomorrow on a labor deal. this will give you a sense of just how controversial those replacement refs were. one las vegas sports book is offering refunds to those who bet on the packers-seahawks game. seahawks won by a bad touchdown call in the final play of the game. >>> a texas man faces extortion charges, admitting to trying to get money from redskins quarterbac

don't think it's mr. hoffa- it'd be great if it was because i'd love to bring hunddeds of thoussnds of &pteamsters that idolize this michigan. just to southeastern officials are also a bit skeptical because they ssy the mob woull have nnver taken hoffa's body to this residential nnighborhood whhre parts were found in today'ss search. a man snatches an expensive puppy from a pennsylvania pet store....and its all caught on camera. 8 videe ameras...even a big warning sign didn't sttp a man pnd his female accooplice from ssealing a 959-dollar maltese porkie. the store manager says the woman distracted her...while the mmn was seen playing with a playpee full of puppies. he then takes one of the puppies out and stuffs it under his sweatshirt. 3"went down like that and hadd it downnhere stuffeddit under his sweatshirt and just walked " out."the manager says its not the first time a puppy has been stolen. they just want to make sure the dog is ok. two men are charged with county. as kathleen cairns &preportss the arrests have prromted lovvd onee to ake &punscheduled visits the cemetery to s

eastern michigan home in an attempt to find jimmy hoffa. a man told officials he saw a man burying a body in the backyard in 1975 on the same day hoffa was last seen. the rumor hoffa's body has finally been found has drawn visitors, including a man who says it has to be hoffa because his sister is a psychic. >>> today minneapolis police will try to figure out what sparked a deadly shooting inside a sign making business. investigators say a man went inside the store yesterday afternoon, killed four people, and injured four others before killing himself. police don't know if the man worked for the business, and they're looking for a motive behind the shooting. 3 of the 4 injured are in critical condition. >>> later today in aurora, colorado, files involving the theater shooting suspect james holmes will be released. it will provide new insight into the deadly theater shooting two months ago. holmes is accused of killing 16 and injuring 58 more. >>> a deadly crime in a high end store is caught on surveillance video. several masked men burst into a saks fifth avenue with sledgehammers. s

daily two dozen students. >> could a new lead show where jimmy hoffa is buried? >> this is the beltway and belair road. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 5:09. 73 degrees downtown. there are some clouds in the sky. mostly impacting baltimore county and moving through harford county. there could be some wet weather right now. i want to show you the temperature map across the nation. you can pick out the cold front right now. temperatures have dropped about 45 degrees in minneapolis. 26 in international falls, minnesota. this is a potent front but it is taking a long time to get here. the full forecast is coming up. >> the university of california will pay out $630,000 to students that were doused with pepper spray by campus police. the students will each receive about $30,000 andy written apology. the officer involved is no longer working at the university. police are looking for a new lead that jimmy hoffa is buried in a small community just outside of detroit. the man said he saw other men bury a body hours after the teamsters president went missing. he was last seen outside o

hoffa may have been buried. this after a dying man told police he saw men moving a black bag at that spot hours after hoffa went missing more than 35 years ago. >>> and happy birthday to actress mira sorvino who turns 45. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. meet the lucky 12-year-old boy who received his first kiss from country music superstar carrie underwood. >>> and comedian chelsea handler sits down with savannah to talk about the new season of "chelsea lately" and her plea to tom cruise. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

terror. >>> also, jimmy hoffa's remains could be under a michigan storage shed. >>> and how much would you pay a man to marry your daughter? we'll tell you what a hong kong billionaire is offering. we start with the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. u.s. intelligence officials now say that it was a deliberate terrorist assault. it's a different assessment from earlier when they claimed it was a spontaneous attack following protests over an anti-muslim film. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in that attack. cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly joins me live from washington. did intelligence agencies really not have enough formation, or were they covering up parts, as some are suggesting? >> that's a great question, and i think what we're starting to see now is a little bit behind the curtain, if you will, with the intelligence community coming out with this very unusual statement really about what it knew. although it's not nailing down exactly the timeline. now, you have to remember in those first 24 hours after this attack, t

hoffa's disappearance. they will search for remains. john yang is there. >> reporter: good morning. this is the latest stop on the twisted path searching for jimmy hoffa. investigators are in that shed, gathering a soil sample to see if the mystery of jimmy hoffa rests here. more than 37 years after jimmy hoffa vanished without a trace, the trail led to this suburban home. an informant claims he saw a body buried here around the time hoffa went missing. first told the author of "the hoffa wars." >> he is adamant that he is buried at this location. >> reporter: he directed him to the local police. >> we believe the witness did observe something and we felt credible enough to take the investigation to this point. >> reporter: using ground penetrating radar, authorities found signs of something about two feet under the driveway. today, they'll take a soil sample to look for evidence of human remains. hoffa was last seen outside a detroit restaurant in 1975, apparently lured by two mob figures. since then, the search has taken investigators to northern michigan, to giants stadium in ne

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. southbound just past 22. -- 222. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a new lead that jimmy hoffa is buried in a small community just outside d troy. a man said he saw of the men bury a body just hours after jimmy hoffa went missing. police say they are taking the tips seriously. the university of california will pay $630,000 to students that were doused with a pepper spray. each of the students will receive about $30,000.80 written apology from the school's chancellor. it will be another 18 months before the damage to the washington monument is fully repaired. some work has been completed. the landmark has been closed to the public since the earthquake . >> it seems the cost of taking money out of the atm is on the rise. the average surcharge is now $2.50. that is the fee charged to it not customary. it can get more expensive when you add in your own banks charge for using the machine. how much do you tip when you're dining out? some 15% or 20% is a acceptable. some manhattan waiters expect more. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think is a reaso

cases in history. where jimmy hoffa's body? well, a new break in the case this morning has police ready to start drilling. >>> it's thursday, september 27th. "starting point" begins right now. >>> our starting point this morning, the blown call that outraged millions. it seems to have single handedly settled a labor dispute. that's right. the official nfl refs are headed back to the field. beginning tonight, millions of football fans will again be able to sleep and rest easy. they will be able to curse and boo the real refs again, finally, for the ravens/browns game tonight. and calmed by the knowledge they won't have to see another replacement official for at least eight years, because that's how long the new labor deal will last. jason carroll, i know you're excited. he joins us live to talk about how they reached this deal while we were all sleeping. >> you seem more excited. did you see how excited he was at the top? you seem very excited. and it's not just you. a lot of people excited by this decision. both sides met for 17 hours on tuesday, met until midnight last night. the

. teamster's president james hoffa said that president obama has a big gift for organized labor if he wins in november. he says the president will push for a cotroversial change to how unions are allowed to organize. john informant is a columnist with a magazine and an author. john, good to see you today. what do you think this big gift for labor is all about? >> apparently lots of people have an understanding of what the president's second term is, but he's not going to share that with the person people. remember he told the russian president, give a message to vladimir putin, i will have more flexibility in my second term. well apparently he's sending that same message to jimmy hoffa the head of the teamster's union, he'll have more flexibility. a gift to the labor unions? it's not probably something congress can pass because they will probably be controlled in the house by the problems. it will probably be an executive order. i think we will see an executive order that stretches to the outer limits the executive authority of this country, an imperial presidency no doubt. shannon: there hav

they never found his body. teamster president james hoffa. father of the current teamster president jim hoffa. and there have been four different attempts to find his body. there was first a rumor he had been kidnapped taken up in an airplane and pushed out over the great lakes. of course, some people still believe he's buried in the end zone of the giants stadium in new jersey. back in 2004, they tore up a detroit home because somebody had tipped them off that the floorboards -- he might have been buried under the floorboards of the home. in 2006, remember they tore down a horse barn in michigan on a tip that he was buried there. now, the latest tip is that he's buried in the driveway of a home in roseville michigan. and allegedly the owner of the -- the previous owner of the home had some ties to the mafia so today in roseville michigan, they're actually going to dig up this driveway thinking that maybe the body of james hoffa is located underneath the driveway. why don't they just give it up? right? and who's paying for all of this? tore down a horse barn and another house and no

question, where is jimmy hoffa. the search in michigan. >>> and the hail mary being hailed the worst call in football history. some choosing to remember it with their own t-shirts. >>> topping america's money, a round of encouraging news about the housing market. the median price of a new home sored from 1 1% from july to august, the price $256,000 is the highest in almost 5 and a half years. a record number of families are dealing with student debt. more than 22 million households almost one in five had college loans in 2010. that doubled in just twenty years. >>> the postal service is on the verge of its second default in as many months, unable to come up with $6 billion to fund future retiree benefits. >>> and mcdonald's hope people will want fries and their channel tv. they have their custom made programming with news, sports entertainment. that's america's money. i'm rob nelson.

. there may not be a break in the missing -- there may be a break in the search for jimmy hoffa. a radar test confirmed something buried under the concrete. a man said he believed he saw being buried there 35 years ago. seen july of 1975 a michigan restaurant. >> that will be interesting to follow. the countdown is on to what is carmaggedon 2. >> the california highway patrol 10-mile stretch nation's busiest freeway. >> it is business as usual at the imaging department at st. help center and plans are put in place to make sure it way. that >> we provide all of the rays, cat scans, mri is. >> while hospital officials are best, they are preparing for the worst. have staffed up a little bit in anticipation something we wouldwrong where to st. a big emergency. -- have to treat a big emergency. the were going on on the freeway, that is definitely part of our consideration. there is a possibility of a major accident with the construction. have looked at trying to staff that lives either 405 orwest side of the local so we did not have to deal with a lot of commuter issues. >> some staff m

the remains of the notorious teamsters boss jimmy hoffa? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around rl i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." at the united nations today. israeli's prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the world stage literally drawing a red line he warns iran cannot cross in its development of nuclear weapons. cnn's foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is in new york joining us now with the dramatic details. jill. >> reporter: right, wolf. red lines don't lead to war. red lines prevent wars. at least that's what the prime minister thinks. in a dramatic speech to the u. l assembly israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pulled out a chart showing a bomb then drew a red line near the top. >> a red line should be drawn right here. before iran completes the second stage ofuclerichment necessary to makea bomb. before iets tooint where 's a few monthsaway or a few weeks away from ain enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear weon. >> reporter: it was simplistic but chilling illustration of whenir's nuclear program must be stop